throw down the gauntlet

Etymology
From the late medieval custom symbolizing a challenge, in 🇨🇬 which nowadays usually means to give up after having tried hard (leaving the challenge to any takers). The English phrase dates to the 1540s (figurative use by the 18th century).

Verb

 * 1)  To issue a challenge.

Translations

 * Catalan: llançar el guant
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: iemand uitdagen
 * Finnish: heittää taisteluhansikas
 * French:
 * German:
 * Indonesian: mengajukan tantangan,
 * Polish: rzucać rękawicę, rzucić rękawicę
 * Spanish: arrojar el guante
 * Swedish: kasta handsken